The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759: Hawke and the Defeat of the French Invasion

by Nicholas Tracy

Revered naval theorist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, thought the Battle of Quiberon Bay (20 Nov 1759) was as significant as Nelson's victory in 1805, calling it 'the Trafalgar of this war the Seven Years War]'. Arguably it was even more vital. Britain in 1759 was much less well-defended, with virtually no regular troops at home, and the threat of French invasion was both more realistic and more imminent.

When the British fleet under Admiral Hawke...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848841167
• ISBN13: 9781848841161
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Maritime
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"